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AnonymousAn Ecumenical Office of Mary, the Mother of JesusSurrey The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin 1990 1869927044 / 9781869927042 Soft Cover Fine No Jacket A Fine unmarked copy. 32 pages. An Ecumenical Office of Mary, the Mother of Jesus; Alternative Material for Use Within the Office - Scripture Sentences, Hymns, Lessons and Responsories, Concluding Collects; Devotional Texts. The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary exists to advance the study at various levels of the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church, under Christ, and the related theological questions; and in the light of such study to promote ecumenical devotion. Price:
3.00 GBP

AnonymousBaedeker's Autoguides - Benelux - Belgium, Holland, LuxembourgStuttgart Baedeker 1958 Hard Cover Fine Very Good A Fine unmarked copy vinyl bound with VG dustjacket. 256 pages. 22 maps and plans including a large fold out Benelux road map. 52 sketches. The volume is divided into four parts - Part A contains a general survey, including articles on geography, history, and art, and all the essential practical notes for the journey and one's stay. Part B contains detailed descriptions, compiled from personal experience, of all roads that are of importance for tourists, with everything they shoul know about road conditions, the character of the scenery, and the places of interest on or near the road. Part C is a gazetteer with descriptions of the larger towns and tourist resorts and their environs. Part D is devoted to a list of hotels, inns and restaurants, their localities being arranged in alphabetical order. Price:
12.00 GBP

AnonymousCharacters, Moral and Political, of the Principal Personages Throughout the French Revolution, The Consulate, and the Virtuous Imperial Government Which Followed It - To Which is Added The Caitiff of Corsica - An Historical DramaLondon Lackington, Allen 1808 First Thus Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket The title includes "with Their Portraits, Reduced from the Original in the Museum at Paris". Uncut pages rebound in modern brown cloth boards with gilt on black leather title label to spine and marbled endpapers. 282 pages, printed using 'catchwords' with two pages of portraits. Boards are Fine condition and the contents are aged but clean and unmarked. An extremely rare portrayal of the main characters of the Revolution, written very frankly by the anonymous author at the time and from his introduction it is apparent he personally knew some of these. The 'Caitiff of Corsica' is a satirical play in five acts, with dramatis personae named (amusingly including Mrs. Roederer as 'anybody's mistress' ), satirising Napoleon and characters of the Revolution. The portraits are small hand sketches of heads, published 26th March 1807 by J. Budd, Pall Mall and although the half title page states 62 portraits there are 30 sketches and 37 mini biographies. Bibliographical Note - This play was first published by J. Budd, London, 1807 as 'The Caitiff of Corsica, or the Universal Banditto'. **** A VERY SCARCE ITEM **** Price:
30.00 GBP

AnonymousChristie's South Kensington - Film and Entertainment Auction - 12 December 2001London Christie's 2001 First Edition Soft Cover Fine No Jacket A Fine unmarked copy. Catalogue of the auction of Film and Entertainment items, Wednesday 12 December 2001 held at Christie's South Kensington, London. 316 lots colour illustrated. Costumes, correspondence, and various memorabilia. items relating to many film stars and films, also Walt Disney items. Price:
10.00 GBP

AnonymousChristie's South Kensington - Focusing On Talent: Film and Television Memorabilia Auction - 11 Decmber 2001London Christie's 2001 First Edition Soft Cover Fine No Jacket A Fine unmarked copy. Catalogue of the auction of Focusing On Talent: Film and Television Memorabilia, Tuesday 11 December 2001 held at Christie's South Kensington, London, in association with National Film and Television School. 48 lots colour illustrated. Items were donated for the benefit of scholarships and include donations from the Grade family, Hitchcock family, and film producers and stars. Price:
10.00 GBP

AnonymousMark - A Greek-English Diglot for the Use of TranslatorsLondon The British and Foreign Bible Society 1961 First Hard Cover Fine No Jacket Privately Printed A Fine unmarked copy. iv + 93 pages. Greek text and English translation side by side with same pagination. Glossary. The 'Translators' Translation has been prepared for the use of Bible Society translators by committees of university scholars and experienced missionaries. The English translation has been kept as close as possible to the original, in order that translators with a perhaps limited knowledge of the Greek may be given the fundamental meaning in a form which they can then adapt in the idiom of their own language. In addition to its original purpose, however, this translation has been found by students and others to be most useful for exact study of the text for university courses, etc. Price:
8.00 GBP

AnonymousOrder of Christian Funerals - Vigil Service and Funeral Mass - People's BookGreat Wakering, Essex McCrimmons 1990 0855974570 First Edition Soft Cover Fine No Jacket A Fine unmarked copy. 69 pages. Comprises: Introduction; Vigil for the Deceased with Reception at the Church; Vigil for the Deceased; The Funeral Mass; The Funeral Mass with Reception of the Body; Additional Music and Hymns; Prayers of those who Mourn. Price:
7.00 GBP

AnonymousQueen Victoria - Story of Her Life and Reign - 1819-1901London W & R Chambers 1901 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket Black titles with black, green and yellow decoration and pictorial on orange cloth boards which have some minor marks but no wear. Internally there is a decorative prize bookplate to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmaked. 144 pages. 22 illustrations and portraits. Not dated but presumably 1901. One of the more scarcer memorial editions of Queen Victoria's reign following her death. Price:
12.00 GBP

AnonymousRomans and 1 and 2 Corinthians - A Greek-English Diglot for the Use of TranslatorsLondon The British and Foreign Bible Society 1964 First Hard Cover Fine No Jacket Privately Printed A Fine unmarked copy. iv + 154 pages. Greek text and English translation side by side with same pagination. Glossary. The 'Translators' Translation has been prepared for the use of Bible Society translators by committees of university scholars and experienced missionaries. The English translation has been kept as close as possible to the original, in order that translators with a perhaps limited knowledge of the Greek may be given the fundamental meaning in a form which they can then adapt in the idiom of their own language. In addition to its original purpose, however, this translation has been found by students and others to be most useful for exact study of the text for university courses, etc. Price:
8.00 GBP

AnonymousSecret Memoirs of the Court of Sweden and Denmark - During the Reigns of Christian VII of Denmark and Gustavus III and IV of SwedenLondon The Grolier Society 1904 Limited Hard Cover Very Good TEG No Jacket Private Press Mercier, Mongin, Gaupil, Toussaint, Decisy SCARCE EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES. COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET. Green cloth boards with paper title label which is age darkened else very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a decorative bookplate of Partridges and monogram to front endpaper, and age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Uniform with The Secret Court Memoirs series.Title page and etchings on Japan paper. Printed on Grolier watermarked quality paper. 12 very beautiful Original etchings / engravings, tissue protected - Queen Juliana Maria-Original Etching by Mercier, Christian VII-Photo-etching after painting in Versailles Gallery, Queen Matilda-Etched by Mercier from painting by Le Brun, Count Rantzeau-Photo-etching after painting by Alaux, Reception at Royal Palace of Fredericksborg, Copenhagen - Etched by Mongrin from painting by Poirson, Sophia Livernet - Photogravure by Gaupil after painting by Vely, Frederika Dorothea of Sweden - Photogravure from painting by Donau, Gustavus III - Photo-etching from a painting, The Danish Fleet - Etching by Toussaint, The Quay at Stockholm - Etched by Decisy from painting by Lansyer, Gustavus IV - Photo-etching after engraving by Pass. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY SET OF 1.74 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST Price:
40.00 GBP

AnonymousSeventh International Biennial of the Poster in MexicoMexico Transvisual 2002 First Edition Soft Cover Near Fine No Jacket A near Fine unmarked copy with double card covers. A large format volume of 200 pages. TEXT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH and POLISH. For the seventh time, the International Poster Biennial in Mexico presenrd a program that enriched the discussion and exchange of opinions around one of the most important arts found at the beginning of this century. The event, recognized for its great vitality and numberless proposals directed to design artists, presented several activities in different Mexican cities, Mexico City and San Luis Potosi among the most important. On this occasion, the Biennial invited participants to meditate on the future of the relationship between man and his environment and, in conjunction with the United Nations, it selected 50 works, wihin the unpublished work category, to form a poster collection. At this time Mexico invited Poland as the guest country, and several outstanding Polish designers work was displayed. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.09 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST Price:
20.00 GBP